--- title: Here Levarcam a moment stopped for breath; Then Deirdré rose and sou… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: Here Levarcam a moment stopped for breath; Then Deirdré rose and sought the neighbouring strand: Ice-bound it was, and cold that hour as death: To her ’twas warm as mead by May breeze fanned: She paced along its pebbly beach for hours; And to her feet its shingles felt like flowers. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (moment, Deirdré, twas, shingles), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg78491:3:79 # text = Here Levarcam a moment stopped for breath; Then Deirdré rose and sought the neighbouring strand: Ice-bound it was, and cold that hour as death: To her ’twas warm as mead by May breeze fanned: She paced along its pebbly beach for hours; And to her feet its shingles felt like flowers. 1 Here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 2 Levarcam Levarcam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 vocative _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 stopped stop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 breath breath NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ; ; PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 9 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 11 advmod _ _ 10 Deirdré Deirdré PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 rose rise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 sought seek VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 neighbouring neighbouring ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 strand strand NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 : : PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 18 Ice ice NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 19 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 bound bound NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 appos _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 obl _ _ 26 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 27 det _ _ 27 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl:unmarked _ _ 28 as as ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 : : PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 31 To to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 33 ’ 's PART POS _ 32 case _ SpaceAfter=No 34 twas twa NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nsubj _ _ 35 warm warm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 36 as as ADP IN _ 35 fixed _ _ 37 mead mead NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 38 by by ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 May May PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 compound _ _ 40 breeze breeze NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 41 fanned fan VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 : : PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ _ 43 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 paced pace VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 45 along along ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 46 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 47 pebbly pebbly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 beach beach NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 49 for for ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ; ; PUNCT : _ 58 punct _ _ 52 And and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 53 to to ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 55 nmod:poss _ _ 55 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 58 obl _ _ 56 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 57 nmod:poss _ _ 57 shingles shingle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 58 nsubj _ _ 58 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 59 like like ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 60 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 58 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 61 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | past | a moment | | | here | | for breath | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 2 | **rise** | past | Deirdré | cold that hour | | | then | as death | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **seek** | past | Deirdré *not said here* | the neighbouring strand | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent strand=Theme | | 4 | **fan** | past | Deirdré's twas | | | | | warm mead by May breeze *nsubj* | tree rules | | 5 | **pace** | past | Deirdré | | | mead's pebbly beach | hour | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme along beach=Trajectory | | 6 | **feel** | past | mead's shingles | | | | | to Deirdré's feet; like flowers | vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V S»: agent=Agent like flower=Theme | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age» by Aubrey De Vere, Project Gutenberg book 78491 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/3/78/) - next →: [sentence 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/3/80/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/3/)